"All I cans say is the victim is still alive," Holyoke Police Lt. Larry Cournoyer said early Thursday.

Police have not released the victim's identity or details about his injuries. Investigators also haven't released information about a possible suspect. No arrests had been made as of 3 a.m. today, according to Cournoyer.

The shooting happened around 9:25 p.m. Wednesday in an alleyway near the 200 block of Walnut Street in the city's Churchill neighborhood.

The incident prompted police to block off streets around the shooting site, where investigators were seen combing sections of Walnut and Hampshire streets. Blood was splattered on a white car parked on Walnut Street.

Detectives from the city's Criminal Investigation Bureau are probing the shooting, one of several in Holyoke in recent months.